Researching Thomas Badger
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1734 people with the Badger surname? In that year Badger was ranked number 2004 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Badger on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Badger and the Badger Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2198 people with the Badger surname in the UK? Badger is now ranked number 2226 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Badger surname in the USA? Badger is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Thomas Badger. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Thomas Badger
Thomas Badger
__NOTOC__Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits. He trained with John Ritto Penniman. Portrait subjects included: John Abbot; William Allen, of Bowdoin College; Asa Clapp; Julia Margaretta Dearborn; George B. Doane; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Benjamin Page; Thomas Paul, of Boston's African Meeting House; Jotham Sewall; Benjamin Vaughan; Charles Vaughan; Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan; George Wadsworth Wells; Jonathan Winship. Around 1849 a still life by Badger in the collection of the Boston Museum was considered "a highly finished and excellent picture, something in the style of Van Huysom. There is a truth and reality in the articles represented, seldom seen in this class of pictures."
He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852); children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853). He was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger. He died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868. Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum; Maine Historical Society; Colby College; the Brick Store Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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